Loxo's published pricing starts at $149 per recruiter per month for the Core plan, rising to $199 for Professional — both billed annually, with no monthly-billing option published anywhere on the site, according to Loxo's own pricing page, current as of September 2026. Enterprise sits behind a custom quote. The headline number looks close to Spott or Recruiterflow, but the mandatory annual commitment and the lack of a published trial change the real cost of trying it.
The important budgeting question is not just which features sit in each tier, but whether every recruiter will use the bundled database often enough to justify a fixed annual seat fee.
Loxo's plans, in full
Loxo sells three tiers, all per recruiter seat, and unlike most of its competitors it doesn't publish a monthly-billing price at all.
| Plan | Price (annual, per seat) | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Core | $149/month | ATS/CRM, Loxo Source (search across a proprietary 1.2B-profile database), Chrome extension, email integration, self-updating candidate records |
| Professional | $199/month | Everything in Core, plus AI Search (Talent Graph) and advanced matching |
| Enterprise | Custom quote | Everything in Professional, plus dedicated support and custom workflows |
Loxo doesn't publish a seat minimum or a self-serve free trial length anywhere on its site. Access to a demo or a quote is the only documented path in, which makes it hard to test the product against a live workload before committing to a year of billing.
What the plan price doesn't cover
- Annual billing is not optional. Every published number on Loxo's site is an annual-commitment price — there's no monthly alternative to fall back on if the agency wants to test the product for a quarter first.
- AI Search is a $50/seat jump. The Talent Graph semantic matching that Loxo markets heavily sits entirely in Professional. A team that wants it for even one recruiter pays the $50/month premium across every seat, since Loxo prices AI Search as a plan tier, not an add-on.
- Enterprise features are quote-only. Dedicated support and custom workflows aren't listed with a number anywhere — pricing here runs through a sales conversation, the same pattern most legacy ATS vendors use once a deal gets big enough.
- Known reliability costs. Reviewers on G2 and Capterra both flag "email automation outages" and deliverability problems as of 2026 — a cost that doesn't show up in the price sheet but shows up in missed follow-ups if the agency relies on Loxo's built-in sequencing.
What 5 and 15 recruiters really pay
A team of 5, on Core
Five recruiters on Core comes to $745/month, or $8,940/year (about €8,225 at Loxo's own conversion rate). If the team wants AI Search and moves to Professional, that's 5 × $199 = $995/month, or $11,940/year (about €10,985) — a jump of roughly $3,000/year just to unlock semantic matching for the whole team, even if only one or two recruiters use it regularly.
A team of 15, on Core
The math scales linearly: 15 × $149 = $2,235/month, or $26,820/year (about €24,675) on Core. On Professional, it's 15 × $199 = $2,985/month, or $35,820/year (about €32,955). None of this includes Enterprise-tier extras, which Loxo prices only after a sales call — so a 15-seat team that needs custom workflows has no way to budget the real number in advance.
Is Loxo worth it?
For an agency that runs heavy outbound sourcing and wants one bundled database instead of stitching together LinkedIn Recruiter plus a separate enrichment tool, Loxo's pitch holds up: the 1.2B-profile Loxo Source is a real, built-in asset that most ATS/CRM competitors don't have natively. That's the reason G2 reviewers cite "spart Jobboard-Budget durch eigenes Sourcing-Tool" as a top benefit — the search replaces a separate subscription.
Where the price gets harder to justify is the gap between cost and delivered feature depth. The same reviewers who praise the bundled database also call Loxo "teuer bei disappointing features" and describe the mobile app as "terrible" — for a tool priced above most of its ATS/CRM competitors, that's a meaningful signal for a team that works from a phone as often as a desktop. For the full breakdown of what recruiters say, see our roundup of Loxo reviews.
A cheaper way to the same job
Sprad: pay per seat, then only for what happens
Sprad charges 59 € per recruiter per month for the ATS and the agency's own talent pool, then bills searches, outreach and interviews by credit — only when they actually happen, and rejected profiles cost nothing. A 5-recruiter team pays 295 €/month as its base (3,540 €/year); a 15-recruiter team pays 885 €/month (10,620 €/year) — both well under Loxo's Core pricing before a single search runs.
Every account gets 200 credits per month free; further external searches, outreach and interviews are billed by credit. For a team that does not run outreach sequences every day, the difference stays in the agency's budget instead of being paid as a flat seat fee whether it is used or not. Full numbers: sprad.io/industry/recruitment-agencies.
Two more options worth a look
Recruit CRM comes in noticeably cheaper at roughly $95-100/user/month billed annually (about €87-92) — a flexible, well-supported ATS/CRM, but it relies on third-party integrations like Lusha or Apollo for external sourcing rather than a bundled database like Loxo's. Recruiterflow starts at $99/user/month (three-seat minimum) and pairs email and SMS sequencing with automation "recipes," though it has no built-in candidate database either — Chrome-extension LinkedIn imports are its main sourcing path.
FAQ
How much does Loxo cost per recruiter?
$149/month on the Core plan, billed annually — there's no published monthly-billing option. Professional costs $199/month annually. Enterprise is quote-only, as of September 2026.
Does Loxo have a free trial?
Not published. Loxo doesn't list a self-serve trial length anywhere on its site; access starts with a demo or a quote request.
Can I pay Loxo monthly instead of annually?
Not according to Loxo's published pricing page — every listed price is an annual commitment.
Is Loxo's AI Search included in every plan?
No. AI Search (Talent Graph, semantic matching) is exclusive to the Professional plan and above — Core only includes Loxo Source's standard search.
What's the cheapest real alternative to Loxo?
Recruit CRM is the cheaper full-featured ATS/CRM at around $95-100/month, but Sprad's 59 € base plus pay-per-use credits usually ends up cheaper overall for teams that don't search every single day, because you stop paying for a database subscription nobody used that week. For the full field, see our comparison of Loxo alternatives.
Does Loxo offer DACH or German pricing?
No. Loxo's interface and published pricing are English-only, with no DACH-specific plan or German localization documented.
The bigger question behind the price tag
A bundled 1.2B-profile database sounds like the whole answer to sourcing, until the annual invoice arrives regardless of how many searches the team actually ran that month. Sprad's pricing works the other way around: €59 per recruiter/month for ATS and talent pool, 200 credits/month free, then usage billed by credit. See what that looks like for your team size at sprad.io/industry/recruitment-agencies.
Jürgen Ulbrich
Jürgen Ulbrich has more than a decade of experience in developing and leading high-performing teams and companies. As an expert in employee referral programs as well as feedback and performance processes, Jürgen has helped over 100 organizations optimize their talent acquisition and development strategies.
